Sickening
/ˈsɪk(ə)nɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of making somebody sick.
"In the Northeast, one porcini look-alike has been implicated in several sickenings. It is Boletus huronensis, and though some guides call it edible, there have been a few cases of people becoming sickened following a meal of this mushroom."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of sicken form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Causing sickness or disgust.
"sickening cruelty"
- 2 Amazing, fantastic.
"Richard Cranium does sickening stuff (if your budget permits), stones from Charles Brennan and lots of imagination."
Adjective
- 1 causing or able to cause nausea wordnet
Example
More examples"Experience the sickening knotting of the stomach."
Etymology
By surface analysis, sicken + -ing.